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most of the times the big companies don't want to take you on. that's all part of the capitalistic structure up. don't have to fall prey to that. it depends in your heart. what has god put in your heart for you to be and become? because he opens the doors. not man. [applause] [applause] >> one more point i want to make to you. i spent a career in the banking, in the upper echelon part, i don't know, lower level. i've heard all of the men here talk about the capitalistic thing and slavery. i want to say to you, i'm glad i'm a descendant of slavery. i'm glad. i'm proud of it. [applause] >> i felt the deepest form of slavery i had to face was my father. he was tough, rigid, unyielding, and a successful businessman. even my grandfather, very successful man. i grew up in durham, north carolina. durham was called at that time, the black wall street. we own our own pharmacies, and farmers bank. you are talking about the mutual life insurance, mutual statements and loans. i grew up around black doctors. if people being successful. when i'm saying i'm gla
most of the times the big companies don't want to take you on. that's all part of the capitalistic structure up. don't have to fall prey to that. it depends in your heart. what has god put in your heart for you to be and become? because he opens the doors. not man. [applause] [applause] >> one more point i want to make to you. i spent a career in the banking, in the upper echelon part, i don't know, lower level. i've heard all of the men here talk about the capitalistic thing and slavery....
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chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices of the frustrated and disenfranchised whose -- [inaudible] seize the opportunity of barack obama's avenn dense into power in the united states to launch a song that went, "it is easier for a law to become president of the united states than to be president of uganda." the language of that song was played enough for even the dumbest audiences, but the lesson was not taken to heart. uganda underwent the most horrifying outbreak of urban violence bordering on the very collapse of humanity. and yet others had also warned in extend
chop big, quench big. which is, obviously, addressed to our humpty dumptieses who eat up a nation's resources indifferent to the consequences. chop means eat. eat small, die small. quench means die. but eat big, die big. that shorthand rivals its prophetic succinctness another of my all-time favorites. the hurricane of change. it seems to be the favorite, also, of all the west african countries i've visited, and it goes "no condition is permanent." yes, we're speaking of those voices...
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being elected, that was -- there was a study by a group of civil rights groups who had put together a big commission headed by two former secretaries of god, henry cisneros a democrat and i am drawing a blank on the republican from the state who used to play for all with the buffalos. yeah, jack kempe. the two of them were the heads of these two commissions and they studied the existence of housing discrimination and i will just quickly say because some of you may know about this, using audit studies. they demonstrated -- they issued their report in october. obama's elected in november. that report said racism still exist them what they were doing is looking up what happened in the last 40 years from 1968 when the housing act was established to 2008, 40 years later. so it still existed and i could give examples time permitted for almost every other institution in society. so this is what i meant. but every time that we start talking about racism people confuse racism with individuals. racism is not an individual. racism is an act. racism is not what one is. racism is what institutions do.
being elected, that was -- there was a study by a group of civil rights groups who had put together a big commission headed by two former secretaries of god, henry cisneros a democrat and i am drawing a blank on the republican from the state who used to play for all with the buffalos. yeah, jack kempe. the two of them were the heads of these two commissions and they studied the existence of housing discrimination and i will just quickly say because some of you may know about this, using audit...
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i think being a islam is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes him challenging for everyone. but i also noticed that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life and politics oh, yeah you did great. he keeps challenging and growing. he goes to another one and he becomes muslim and becomes separate around the people around him and going to a country and suddenly becoming different around the people around him. he has a life of increased alienation in a way it would strange he was killed by african-americans just like danni was killed by hindus. >> a quick question in response to all of this. is it just you left. well, then get up there. there's a whole line and you're sitting there all by yourself. >> i'm a student at the university. my question is because, you know, there's been a discussion briefly about black nationalism and i guess my question is is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses some of the policing that goes on in what dr. dyson gave the fascist elements of secular black thinking. is it poss
i think being a islam is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes him challenging for everyone. but i also noticed that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life and politics oh, yeah you did great. he keeps challenging and growing. he goes to another one and he becomes muslim and becomes separate around the people around him and going to a country and suddenly becoming different around the people around him. he has a life of increased...
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it's really difficult with a big network. and, you know, as someone who was fairly young in the business, it was extremely difficult to fight the corporate overlords. i mean, especially when it gets into race and something that's controversial, i mean, what sponsors want to see is a racial -- least is a racial controversy around the show. so it was, i mean, i have to say it was extremely difficult, and i have -- i mean, what really bothered me was how so many of the kind of corporate media tv execs, they really underestimate the black audience. i had a top executive sit me down and say verbatim, that's not ready. and it was just really disheartening to think that they have it in their minds that we can only digest this kind of information and we're not smart enough, particularly young people, to get the irony or the sarcasm. they won't understand, they're going to be offended. and t really disheartening. i would go speak to colleges and everybody got it, they loved it, they thought it was so funny. but it was very challenging
it's really difficult with a big network. and, you know, as someone who was fairly young in the business, it was extremely difficult to fight the corporate overlords. i mean, especially when it gets into race and something that's controversial, i mean, what sponsors want to see is a racial -- least is a racial controversy around the show. so it was, i mean, i have to say it was extremely difficult, and i have -- i mean, what really bothered me was how so many of the kind of corporate media tv...
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i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans around him. it seems like he's the life of increased alienation that in a way it's strange that he was killed by african-americans just like gandhi was killed by hindus. >> let you close out the evening and respond to this. just you left? get up there. sorry. i thought there was a whole line. >> i'm a student at the university. my question is because there's been discussion, kind i briefly about black nationalism, and i guess my question is is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses the policing that goes on in some of what is referred to as the fascist elements of insular
i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans...
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i think being muslim is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes it him challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along. because, he challenges like. he challenges politics and people go oh yeah you did great but he keeps going and keeps challenging. he goes to another country. becomes muslim man becomes even separate from the people he is around. going to another country although some becoming different from other americans around him. it seems like he has increased alienation that in a way it is strange that he was killed i african-americans just like gandhi was killed by hindus. >> a quick question before we let you close out the evening and respond to all of this. is it just you left? get up there. if it was a whole line. >> i'm a student at tallahassee university. my question is, because there has been discussion briefly about black nationalism and i guess my question is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses some of the policing that goes on in some of what is referred to as the fashi
i think being muslim is a big part of who he is and a big part of what makes it him challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along. because, he challenges like. he challenges politics and people go oh yeah you did great but he keeps going and keeps challenging. he goes to another country. becomes muslim man becomes even separate from the people he is around. going to another country although some becoming different from other...